Give Thanks! To the parents: Purchase of “Give Thanks!” gives you license to copy the stories, poems, crafts, and recipes for your own immediate family. Please honor our copyright by not allowing this product to be used outside your family. Included in “Give Thanks!” are journaling pages, the history of Thanksgiving in the U.S., Thanksgiving recipes, poems and hymns of gratitude, and memory verses of praise and thankfulness. Enjoy reading through “Give Thanks!” and choose the crafts and activities that suit the interests and abilities of your children. The recipes will need adult supervision! Throughout the book, you will see symbols like these for different activities: Thanksgiving History or Stories and Scriptures Thanksgiving Crafts or Projects Thanksgiving Recipes Gratitude Journal or Writing Project Thanksgiving Traditions Thanksgiving Hymns Visit our website to view photos of the craft projects in this book! www.discoverthescriptures.com Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 2 Contents THE HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING………………….…...PAGE 5 A New World Pilgrim Math Pilgrim Children The Plymouth Colony Growing Corn Indian Pudding A Thankful Heart Friendship with the Indians An Indian Village Giving Thanks to God “The Story of the Pilgrims” Booklet Thanksgiving Feast Pilgrim Crafts Pilgrim and Indian Paper Dolls Other Thanksgivings A Presidential Proclamation An Official Holiday for the U.S. THANKSGIVING POEMS AND THOUGHTS…………….PAGE 34 Give Thanks! “Thanksgiving” ~ Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer A Thanksgiving Poem “We Thank Thee” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson “We Thank Thee” Booklet “Over the River” ~Linda Maria Child A Thanksgiving Memory THANKSGIVING HYMNS……………………………..PAGE 48 “We Gather Together” “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” “Count Your Many Blessings” “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow” “For the Beauty of the Earth” “Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing” Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 3 Contents THANKSGIVING MEMORY VERSES………………….PAGE 68 THANKSGIVING RECIPES AND ACTIVITIES………......PAGE 73 Pilgrim and Indian Napkin Rings Thanksgiving Dinner Place Cards Thanksgiving Recipes for Kids Easy-to-make Pumpkin Bars Easy-to-make Pumpkin Pancakes Easy-to-make Pumpkin Pie Easy-to-make Pumpkin Cheesecake Pumpkin Cookies Yummy Pumpkin Dip Mulled Cider Toasted Treats “The man who forgets Frontier Fudge to be thankful has Crockpot Carmel Apples fallen asleep in life” Harvest Popcorn ~Robert Louis Holiday Spice Potpourrie Stevenson Maple Acorn Squash Maple Glazed Sweet Potatoes Layered Orange Sweet Potatoes Apple Candle Holder Thanksgiving Corn Husk Dolls Mr. Turkey Thanksgiving Words Thanksgiving Bingo Gratitude Journaling Pages Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 4 A New World JOURNEY TO A NEW WORLD In the fall of 1621, a small group of 50 immigrants to America had much to give thanks for. They had survived a long, hard winter in a new world, planted crops in the spring, and at last, had a successful harvest. They praised God for their blessings and held a celebration to show their thanks... 1. The Pilgrims left England to find religious freedom. They sailed first to Holland in 1609, and later to America, in September 1620. 2. The Pilgrims landed near Cape Cod (Massachusetts) after 66 long days of sailing across the Atlantic in the Mayflower. The Pilgrims were a group of people who were looking for a place where they could have the freedom to worship God they way they thought was right. They left England and went to Holland because of religious persecution. Later, they had to leave Holland, too. They journey back to England and took a ship, the Mayflower, to the New World. The ship also carried other passengers who wanted to go to the New World to find land or adventure. When the Pilgrims first landed in America, it was late in the year. The weather was already getting cold. They explored the area and found a place where they wanted to build their settlement. They quickly set to work on a “Common House” for storage and shelter. Then family homes were built. On Sundays, the Pilgrims sang Psalms and listened to sermons by their religious leader, William Brewster. Sunday was the only day that the Pilgrims did not work. They even worked on Christmas! Most of the Pilgrims slept aboard the ship that first winter while the houses were being built. It was a long and difficult time. There was not enough food. Nearly Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 6 Pilgrim Math PILGRIM MATH 1. The Pilgrims sailed for 66 days to reach Massachusetts Bay. If they left England on September 6, 1620, when did they arrive in the New World? 2. Look at the chart on the right. How many children sailed on the Mayflower? Who sailed on the Mayflower? 43 men 21 women 22 boys 8 girls 8 servants 3. How many adults and servants were aboard the ship? 4. Use the chart above to add up the number of Pilgrims (and their friends) who sailed on the Mayflower. Add in 23 crew members. How many people were on the ship all together? 5. Challenge Question: The Pilgrims set sail from England on September 6, 1620 and sailed for 66 days before landing in America. Then they lived on board the ship for about another 120 days before moving ashore to build houses. In what month did they move off of the Mayflower? Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 7 Pilgrim Children Have you ever wondered about Pilgrim children who came across on the Mayflower? Most families didn’t bring their children, especially girls, because they thought that pioneering life was too difficult. But the children on the Mayflower were actually healthier than the adults, with almost all of them living through the first long winter when 50% of the Pilgrims died. There were 22 boys and 8 girls on the Mayflower. One baby, Oceanus, was born on the journey across the ocean. Here are the stories of four of the Pilgrim children. Henry Samson was 17 when he crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower. He was travelling with his aunt and uncle, Edward and Ann Tilley. Edward’s brother, John had brought his wife Joan and a 13-year-old daughter, Elizabeth on the journey, too. Unfortunately, Edward, Ann, John and Joan all died during the first winter, leaving Henry alone. Henry later married and became a tax collector and constable. Elizabeth Tilley had just had her 13th birthday when she left England on the Mayflower. She and her parents, John and Joan, hoped that they would find a prosperous new life in America. Elizabeth was overjoyed to reach land at last! But during the first long winter, both of Elizabeth’s parents died, along with her aunt and uncle. Elizabeth survived and later married John Howland, who was 21 when he boarded the Mayflower. They had several children and even some famous descendants: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President George W. Bush, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (read his poem “We Thank Thee” in the Thanksgiving poems section of this book), and….Joseph Smith! Mary Chilton was 13 years old when she sailed to America with her parents. Since there were only 8 girls on board the ship, she and Elizabeth Tilley must have been friends. They must have enjoyed each other’s company during the long months crossing the ocean. Mary was the first female to step off the ship onto New England soil! She would have been so excited about this new land she would soon call home. But Mary’s joy didn’t last. Her father was one of the first people who died after the ship had landed. Her mother also died later that winter. When she was older, she married John Winslow, and they had ten children. Bartholomew Allerton and his sisters, Remember and Mary, boarded the Mayflower when Bartholomew was only eight years old. His mother was pregnant and gave birth on board the ship in Plymouth Harbor in December 1620. The baby was still born, and his mother died a few weeks later. Bartholomew must have been sad to lose his mother, but his father and sisters survived the winter, so he had more family than most children. Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 8 The Plymouth Colony MAP OF PLYMOUTH. The Pilgrims sailed for 66 days from Plymouth, England to reach their new home in America. They landed much farther north than they had planned, just near Cape Cod, in what is now Massachusetts. They called their new colony Plymouth, after the place they had departed from England. PLYMOUTH WORDS. How many new words can you make from the letters in: Plymouth Colony 1. _______________________________ 2. _______________________________ 3. _______________________________ 4. _______________________________ 5. _______________________________ 6. _______________________________ 7. _______________________________ 8. _______________________________ 9. _______________________________ 10. _______________________________ 11. _______________________________ 12. _______________________________ Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 9 “Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing” The words to this well loved hymn of thanks were written by Robert Robinson in 1758. The melody was composed by John Wyeth in 1813. The words remind us that it is God that is the source of all of our blessings. Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it, Mount of Thy redeeming love. Sorrowing I shall be in spirit, Till released from flesh and sin, Yet from what I do inherit, Here Thy praises I’ll begin; Here I raise my Ebenezer; Here by Thy great help I’ve come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above. O that day when freed from sinning, I shall see Thy lovely face; Clothed then in blood washed linen How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace; Come, my Lord, no longer tarry, Take my ransomed soul away; Send thine angels now to carry Me to realms of endless day. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood; How His kindness yet pursues me Mortal tongue can never tell, Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me I cannot proclaim it well. Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. ~Seneca Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 65 Read and learn the words to the Thanksgiving hymn below. Then copy the verse onto the lines below. “Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing” “Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise.” ~Robert Robinson __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 66 Read and learn the words to the Thanksgiving hymn below. Then copy the verse onto the lines below. “Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing” “Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace.” ~Robert Robinson Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 67 Thanksgiving Bingo Psalm 100:4 "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving." Psalm 107:1 "Give thanks unto the Lord." Psalm 95:2 "Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving." Hebrews 13:15 "Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually." Hebrews 13:15 "Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually." Colossians 4:2 "Continue in prayer." Happy Psalm 147:7: "Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving." Thanksgiving (free space) Ephesians 5:20 "Giving thanks always for all things." Colossians 3:17 "Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus." 1 Chronicles 29:11,13 "Thine, O Lord is the greatness." Philippians 4:6 "By prayer and supplication with thanksgiving." Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 95 Use these pages to journal about things you are grateful for. Gratitude Journal “Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.” —2 Cor. 9:11 Give Thanks! © 2010 www.discoverthescriptures.com Page 103